If you look a life as a game of jenga, but this time the opponent you are playing is yourself. The first move, the primary. The first block you lay is your primary suffering. Primary suffering is any unpleasant physical sensations you may experience as a consequence of illness, injury, fatigue etc. You may not be able [...]

Fertility and cancer, this is a hard one for me to share but it's an important one. “You have cancer and you will need to undergo chemotherapy ” after the initial WHAT THE F**K moments my thoughts quickly went to fertility. I know to many you may think , but what about survival? That is [...]

The reason for this blog is to share that there are many sides to treatment, my life with breast cancer. This photo is harder to share than when I'm smiling, not because I'm worried that in some way I may come across weak, it's far from that, the reason is I don't want to in [...]

The beginning of my Journey The day I was diagnosed I knew that some aspects of my life would have to change, but I had to train my brain to think 'this is temporary' I knew life wouldn't be quite the same again , but when it comes to doing all the things I enjoy, [...]

Today was our fifth mindfulness for health class at the Derby Nuffield, Bamford suite. Julie (Lead Oncology Nurse) from the Bamford suite has done an incredible job putting on this pilot course and only has more ideas for the future with Rachel and John also. Julie and team are pretty incredible and I can't thank them [...]

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A Little About Me

I'm a hard working 33 year old with everything I could ask for but August 2017 there was a slight detour, I went "off roading." I was diagnosed with stage 1 grade 3 breast cancer. A blog I once set up a few years ago suddenly had a new purpose. A place where I share my experience on this journey and work my way through this whilst connecting with others, and honestly writing helps me. Blogging my journey has been my own therapy. I hope you find some comfort in it if your are on this rollercoaster ride with me. I hope my friends and family find comfort in this and understand to how I am feeling.
Here's me, honest and open, and strangely the most free I have ever felt even under the circumstances.
Love Sarah xxx